Monday 30 June 2008
Kenny Larkin
Artist: Kenny Larkin
Genre(s):
Techno
Discography:
Loop 2
Year: 1995
Tracks: 4
Third Wave techno artist Kenny Larkin is the penis of a newfangled school of Detroit-based musicians taking the city's illustrious trade name of hard-edged melodious futurism into new and modern areas. Although he missed out on the style's formative years in the mid to recent '80s due to a stint in the military, Larkin, a Detroit aboriginal, was brought up to hurrying upon his take back by the likes of Juan Atkins and Derrick May, the latter of whose weekly radiocommunication shows divine Larkin to pursue music yield. Heavily frozen in house, Larkin quickly incorporated techno's formal characteristics into a brazen-yet-refined style that places his medicine somewhere in betwixt Detroit and Chicago, combine house's more swinging rhythmic vibe and soft edge with techno's hefty backbeat and experimental zeal. He released a couple of 12-inches -- "We Shall Overcome" and "Integration" -- on the Richie Hawtin/John Acquaviva label Plus 8 in the early '90s before moving on to tone ending material through Buzz, Warp, and R&S. Massively influential on British and German, as well as American strains of techno, his tracks have appeared on a number of celebrated compilations documenting new-school Detroit talent. His exposure abroad has also translated, as with a number of Detroit originals such as Jeff Mills and Carl Craig, into a grade of European success far surpassing that at home. Somewhat suprisingly, he took several age off from production act in the late '90s and early 2000s to focus on his alternate life history as a standup mirthful. Though he continued to DJ during this period, it wasn't until 2004 that he released new material for England's Peacefrog tag. [Escort also: Dark Comedy]
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Monday 16 June 2008
Barbara Gowdy, Rachel Zolf win Ontario's Trillium Book Awards
TORONTO - Authors Barbara Gowdy and Rachel Zolf were named winners Thursday of the 21st annual Trillium Book Awards, Ontario's top literary prize.
Gowdy won for her novel "Helpless" (HarperCollins) while Zolf won the poetry award for her collection "Human Resources" (Coach House Books).
French-language winners were Pierre Raphael Pelletier for "L'Oeil de la lumiere" (Les Editions l'Interligne) and Tina Charlebois for the poetry collection "Poils lisses" (Les Editions l'Interligne).
Winners of the poetry book award, intended for emerging poets, each receive $10,000 and their publishers get $2,000. The other Trillium award winners receive $20,000, and their publishers $2,500.
News from �The Canadian Press, 2008
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Friday 6 June 2008
Corrie star had nightmares over plot
'Coronation Street' star Samia Smith has revealed that she had nightmares about one of her recent storylines in the soap.
The actress, who plays hairdresser Maria Connor in the show, told Teletext that her character's long-triangle storyline with Liam (Rob James-Collier) and Carla (Alison King) caused her to have nightmares.
Smith said: "I dreamt he was running off with Alison King. I went mental - running around screaming and crying."
"Then I woke up and my face was completely blotchy. I'd been crying in my sleep."
The actress, who plays hairdresser Maria Connor in the show, told Teletext that her character's long-triangle storyline with Liam (Rob James-Collier) and Carla (Alison King) caused her to have nightmares.
Smith said: "I dreamt he was running off with Alison King. I went mental - running around screaming and crying."
"Then I woke up and my face was completely blotchy. I'd been crying in my sleep."
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